Formic acid manufacturing · Louisiana

BASF

Geismar, LA · ~1,212 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

A
Excellent Safety Record
0.6
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

BASF runs at 18% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Formic acid manufacturing workplace, earning a grade A.

BASF: 0.6 TCR = 18% of Formic acid manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

BASF safety composite

BASF scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 79% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 0.58 per 100 workers

Safer than 79% of industry peers

DART rate
D 0.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

BASF held a steady TCR band

BASF's TCR held near 0.3 from 0.7 in 2023 to 0.5 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 0.7 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.38× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=0.7 · 2024=0.5

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325199 · Geismar, LA AT/BELOW-IND · LARGE

Grade A · TCR 0.6 · 18% of ind

  • DART 0.2 DART
  • RANK #17/28
  • PHOTO Deer Park VCM Plant
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 12 inj
  • SIZE ~1,212 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Deer Park VCM Plant (0.0 TCR gap)

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BASF in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows BASF averages 0.6 TCR (18% of the Formic acid manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

BASF TCR series: 2023=0.7 · 2024=0.5 · BLS 3.3

Where BASF falls in its industry

552 Formic acid manufacturing establishments

Safer than 79% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 1.5.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Louisiana alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 28 Formic acid manufacturing employers in Louisiana.

BASF (1,212 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 02468 Average employees Total Case Rate BASF
BASF (1,212 employees, TCR 0.6) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 73 employees and a TCR of 1.5

BASF has more employees than the Formic acid manufacturing median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 1.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 0.5 0.2 5 1 0
2023 0.7 0.5 7 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325199 · LA · Geismar

552 Formic acid manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 6,723 rated employers in Louisiana with headcount on file · 127 employers in Geismar, LA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Deer Park VCM Plant 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cytec Solvay Group Willow Island Plant 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Cambridge Isotope Labs (Tewksbury) 0.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR Hopkinsville KY Facility 0.6 TCR
STATE-SIZE Willis-Knighton Bossier Health Center 1,209 FTE
STATE-SIZE ExxonMobil Refinery 1,208 FTE
STATE-SIZE West Jefferson Medical Center 1,195 FTE
STATE-SIZE Coburn Supply Co 1,183 FTE
CITY-NEAR BASF - Geismar 1,143 FTE
CITY-NEAR Brock Services Geismar LA 936 FTE
CITY-NEAR Turner at Shell Chemical LP Geismar LA 674 FTE
CITY-NEAR Shell Geismar 663 FTE
NAT-TCR Switchgear Solutions Inc 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Arranta Bio 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Tri Pointe Homes San Diego 0.6 TCR
NAT-TCR Priority Lexus Newport News 0.6 TCR
NAT-SIZE AVP1 1,212 FTE
NAT-SIZE Newton Medical Center 1,212 FTE
NAT-SIZE County Of Kane 1,212 FTE
NAT-SIZE Farmers Pride Inc Plant 3 1,212 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.